Reviews

Jól Élünk (We Have a Pretty Good Life)

Times New Román

This is the debut recording of a pretty new Hungarian band who were one of the local highlights of 2022’s...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Quarterdays

Gavin Marwick

Characterised by contemporary tunes delivered with a traditional vibe, fiddler and composer Gavin Marwick’s exciting new project is a swaggering...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Kiriküüt

Rüüt

Rüüt is an Estonian quartet who recorded their first album in 2015, not to be confused with the more minimal...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Manual de Romería

Rodrigo Cuevas

For some years now, Rodrigo Cuevas has been living in a little village in Asturias, retreating from contact with big...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Legacy

SVER

This brilliant Norwegian/Swedish quintet are celebrating 15 years together and they continue to thrill with their take on traditional tunes...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Wesselbobs

Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones

Wesselbobs were akin to Christmas wreaths, decorated evergreen foliage, but woven on a spherical frame. These were carried from house...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Tornadon Silmässä

Vimma

The word ‘vimma’ means ‘frenzy’ in Finnish and this young band’s frenzy is against climate change and the despoliation of...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Light Years

Kate Rusby

There came a time when certain carols were no longer welcome in church. So people went to the pub and...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Den Lyse Dag

Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen

Far from being a difficult second album, Plassen’s latest release reveals how much her voice and her approach to the...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

Bolinus Brandaris: Flamenco from the Bay of Cadiz

VARIOUS ARTISTS

If you like your flamenco raw and unadulterated, without the studio frippery of added effects and multi-tracking that makes so...

Reviewed in issue December/2023